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THE EASTERN LIGHTNING CULT BEGINNINGS, BELIEFS, AND BUILDUP by Rara Aguja
The Eastern Lightning Cult is a new religious movement founded by Zhao Weishan.1 This quasi-Christian group centers in the end-time revelation of the female Christ and submission to her words penned in The Word Appears in Flesh, their sacred literature.2 Well-funded, highly organized, and discreetly tactical, this group has gained millions of followers in Mainland China and began to expand beyond the country’s borders. Its doomsday message and rapid recruitment ploy coupled with threats, deceptions, and violence have raised an alarm not just towards Chinese government but also to international media. The underground evangelical church, its main target, issues updates through its website, describing the devastations its spying members have…
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How Eli Asia Operates
Have you ever experienced a point in your bible study time when the words seem to be jumping out of the book? When you say to yourself, “I’ve read this passage countless times but it is only now that I understand what it’s saying!” I was at this point in my life when I met Pastor Nicky Joya and ELI Asia. I was that professing christian who was living an unbiblical life for so many years, raised in an unbiblical church I was high in works salvation. So coming out of that kind of christianity, fresh with renewed mind, eyes, and heart, I naturally scrutinized every word he teaches. I…
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Danger Ahead!
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Advancing Ministerial Training in the Philippines
“Leaders from every non-western region say their number one need is leadership training.” – David Livermore, Serving with Eyes Wide Open “Leaders from every non-western region say their number one need is leadership training.” – David Livermore, Serving with Eyes Wide Open Global Situation 178,000 people come to Jesus Christ everyday around the world. 7,000 new church leaders are needed daily to care for the growing church. 2 million pastors worldwide are untrained or undertrained. 85% of the world’s churches are led by people who have no formal training in theology or ministry. – Action Coalition, equippastors.org “Even if all training institutions operate at 120% full capacity, they can only train…
